B.Sc. (1979-1983) Major: Zoology ;
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

M.Phil. (1985-1988) Fish Nutrition ;
Dept. of Zoology, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Thesis Title-Evaluation of two legumes in artificial diets for Oreochromis niloticus (L.) Young

Ph.D. (1990-1995) Nutrition ;
Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries, Texas A&M University, College Station, U.S.A.
Dissertation Title- Amino acid Nutrition of Sunshine Bass

NIH Research fellowship (National research service award -NRSA) from University of Washington Medical Center, St. Louis MO from 2001-2004
Tom Slick fellowship 1994 (A competitive award given to Ph.D. students in agricultural disciplines at Texas A&M University.)

(a)05/2001-04/2004 NIH postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of OB/GYN, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

(b)05/ 2000 - 04/2001 Research Biologist, Veterans Affairs Medical center, Research Services, Memphis, TN 38104

(c) 11/1995-03/2000 Post-doctoral Research Assistant- Dept. of Biochemistry & Mol. Biology, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 9650, MS 39762.

(d) 08/90- 09/95 Graduate Research Assistant Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843,

(e) 04.90-07.90 Temporary Asst. Lecturer Dept. of Zoology, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

(f) 03/1985-03/1990 Research Assistant Dept. of Zoology, University of Ruhuna. Project: Finfish Nutrition

(a) June.2001-July.2001:-FASEB summer research conference at Snowmass Colorado 'Glucose transporter biology' Colorado, USA.

(b)Apr.1989-May 1989:- 'Culture of Natural Food Organisms' in the Philippines (Tigbauan Research Station, Iloilo city) organized by SEAFDEC.

(c) Sep.1986-Dec.1986:- 'Fish feed Technology' at the School of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle.

(d) Sep.1985:-'Freshwater Aquaculture' training course held in the Philippines (Binangonan Research Center) organized by Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC).

American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
American Society of Nutrition Sciences.
American Association for Advancement of Science.

(1) Invited speaker in the minisymposium entitled 'X-ylation and cell signaling' at the Cell Biology annual meeting Washington DC, Dec. 2007. Effects of O-GlcNAcase on Insulin Signaling in Adipocytes Chithra keembiyehetty, Enju Kim, Dona Love and John Hanover.

(2) Expression pattern of mouse glucose transporter 9 (GLUT9) in adult liver and kidney . Chithra Keembiyehetty, M.Carayannopoulos, Robert Agustin and K. H. Moley. (Poster at Experimental Biology 2004)

(3) Expression Analysis of a Mouse Glucose Transporter 9 (GLUT9), a Novel Member of Glucose Transporter Family that has Splice Variants. Chithra N. Keembiyehetty, M. Carayannopoulos and K. H. Moley poster #LB216. (Poster at Experimental Biology, April 2003 )

(4) Dietary lysine requirement of hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis).Annual meeting of American Fisheries Society, San Antonio, Texas, Sep. 1991.

(5) Total sulfur amino acid requirement of hybrid striped bass
(Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis). Annual meeting of World Aquaculture Society, Orlando, Florida, May 1992.

(6) Evaluation of different sulfur compounds in the diet of fingerling sunshine bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis)"World Aquaculture 93" at Torremolinos in Spain, May 1993.

(7) Dietary threonine requirement of Sunshine bass Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis. Annual meeting of the World Aquaculture Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 1994.

(8) Biological efficacy of various sulfur compounds as dietary supplements for fingerling sunshine bass Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis. FASEB Conference "Experimental Biology 94", Anaheim, California, April 1994.

(9) Performance of fingerling sunshine bass Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis fed practical diets fortified with different methionine compounds. Annual FASEB Conference "Experimental Biology 95" Atlanta, Georgia, April 1995.

(10) Amino acid Nutrition of sunshine bass Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis. 24 th Fish Feed and Nutrition workshop, at Ohio State University, Columbus, Oct. 1995.

(b) Bioavailability of Niacin from feed ingredients commonly used for Channel catfish. W. K. Ng, C. N. Keembiyehetty and R. P. Wilson, VII International Symposium on Fish Nutrition, Texas A&M University, Aug. 1996

(a) Mouse glucose transporter 9 (mGLUT9) splice variants are expressed in adult liver and kidney and are upregulated in diabetes.(2005) C. Keembiyehetty, R. Agustino, M.Carayannopoulos, S. Steer, A. Manolescu, C. I. Cheeseman and K. H. Moley. Mol. Endocrinology, 20:3 686-697.2006

(b) Differential Expression of GLUT9 splice variants in the preimplantation embryo (2004). M. Carryannopoulos, A. Schlein, A. Wyman, M. Chi, C. Keembiyehetty and K. Moley. Endocrinology Mar;145(3):1435-43

(c) Glucagon paradoxically both stimulates and inhibits Sp1 transcription factor: Studies of the signal transduction mechanisms involved. (2004) C. N. Keembiyehetty, R. P. Candelaria, R. Raghow and S. S. Solomon Endocrinology 143(4); 1512-1520.

(d)Effect of water temperature on growth and nutrient utilizatin of Sunshine bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis) fed diets containing different energy/protein ratios. (1998) C. N. Keembiyehetty and R. P. Wilson. Aquaculture, 166, 151-162.

(e) Bioavailability of niacin from feed ingredients commonly used in feeds for channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus . (1998) Wing-Keong Ng, Chithra N. Keembiyehetty, and Robert P. Wilson. Aquaculture, 161, 393-404.

(f) Dietary threonine requirement of juvenile sunshine bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis). (1997). C. N. Keembiyehetty and D. M. Gatlin. Aquaculture Nutrition, 3, 217-221.

(g) Performances of Sunshine bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis) fed soybean-meal-based diets supplemented with different methionine compounds (1997). C. N. Keembiyehetty and D. M. Gatlin Progressive Fish-Culturist, 59, 25-30.

(h) Evaluation of different sulfur compounds in the diet of juvenile sunshine bass (Morone chrysops x M.saxatilis) (1995). C. N. Keembiyehetty and D. M. Gatlin. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 112A, 75-79.

(i) Total sulfur amino acid requirement of hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis) (1993). C. N. Keembiyehetty and D. M. Gatlin. Aquaculture, 110; 331-339.

(j) Performance of juvenile Oreochromis niloticus (L.) reared on diets containing
cowpea, Vigna catiang and black gram, Phaseolus mungo, seeds (1993). C. N. Keembiyehetty and S. S. De Silva. Aquaculture, 112; 207-215.

(k) Dietary lysine requirement of hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis) (1991). C. N. Keembiyehetty and D. M. Gatlin. Aquaculture, 104; 271-277.

(l) Plant ingredients substitute in Oreochromis niloticus (L.) diets: ingredient digestibility and effect of dietary protein content of digestibility (1988). S.S. De Silva, C. N. Keembiyehetty and R. M. Gunasekera. Aquaculture in Tropics, 3; 127-138.

(m) An experimental study on the culture of fry Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters) in a peaty swamp in Sri Lanka using cowdung and poultry manure as fertilizer (1987). H. H. Costa and C. N. Keembiyehetty. Resour.Conserv., 13(2/4); 247-254.

(n)Optimum ration and feeding frequency in Oreochromis niloticus. Young (1986). S. S. De Silva, R. M. Gunasekera and C. N. Keembiyehetty. In: First Asian Fisheries Forum, ICLARM Manila, Philippines, edited by J. L.Maclean, L. B. Dizon and L. V. Hosillos. pp. 559-564.

(o) Oxygen consumption of Oreochromis niloticus(L.) in relation to development, salinity, temperature and time of day (1986). C.D. De Silva, S. Premawansa and C. N. Keembiyehetty. J. Fish Biology, 29; 267-277.